Fountain gallery (Wiesloch)
The fountain gallery in Wiesloch on Adenauerplatz in front of the Laurentiuskirche presents seven objects by various artists in and near a fountain as part of art in public space . The establishment of the ensemble was initiated in 2007/08 by the Art for Wiesloch Community Foundation .
history
When the city of Wiesloch planned to clear the Adenauerplatz from the trees and flower troughs that had previously been located there, the patrons Grete and Helmut Bergdolt, on whose initiative both the Kunstverein Wiesloch and the Community Foundation Art for Wiesloch , sat down to build a fountain on the Place. This fountain should not only take up the baroque forms of the neighboring Laurentiuskirche, but also represent the diversity of art that has already been created in the public urban space. For this purpose, seven works, mainly by artists who were already represented in the cityscape, were purchased and mounted on plinths in and near the fountain. The total costs amounted to around 270,000 euros and were mainly financed by the art foundation.
Objects shown
- Werner Pokorny : House with an openwork shape , Corten steel, 2007 (small version of a fountain column from 1995), inaugurated in 2008
- Volkmar Haase : Small wave on blue kyanite , stainless steel , 1999, inaugurated in 2008
- Hans Scheib : literary scholar , colored bronze, 2007, inaugurated in 2008
- Antal Sándor : The Night , Basalt , 2007, inaugurated in 2008
- Dieter Koswig : Round steel plate , Corten steel, 1993, inaugurated in 2008
- Karel Fron : Flute Player , bronze (enlargement of a small sculpture from 1983), inaugurated in 2008
- Anne Sewcz : Meditation , Granite , 2007, inaugurated in 2008
- Jürgen Goertz : Guardian Angel , Aluminum , 2007, inaugurated in 2008
Six of the seven objects are on plinths in the water or on the edge of the fountain. The Guardian Angel by Jürgen Goertz acts as a gargoyle. The object Meditation by Anne Sewcz was placed on a pedestal outside the fountain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Speech by Professor Hans Gercke at the opening of the Brunnengalerie on Adenauerplatz in Wiesloch on March 15, 2008 ( PDF ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and remove it then this note. )
Web links
- Brunnengalerie on Adenauerplatz at www.wiesloch.de (accessed October 29, 2012)
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 41.3 " N , 8 ° 41 ′ 49.6" E